Re: Locking: please focus on functionality first

On Wed, 2004-10-13 at 08:29, Julian Foad wrote:
> Please help us to sort out the functionality and semantics of locking -
> what exactly we want to be able to do with it, and why, and what it
> means - before worrying about User Interface issues such as whether a
> lock is released or retained by default on commit. Those UI issues are
> important, but are not so urgent, and are diverting energy from getting
> the locking feature designed.
>
> Read notes/locking/locking-functional-spec.txt and propose improvements
> for the parts that don't make sense or fit together properly.